The Wood Shed I Built

All the wood is starting to collect under the bushes in our yard for the wood burning fire we want to install. To ensure we don't change our minds I started the wood pile and decide to build a wood shed. The little nook behind the shed looks like the only place that can house it. I begin to move all the stuff currently there. Our loft which we access by a hole in the ceiling of our bathroom has a store of wood that is perfect for building. The remainder will be cut up for firewood. I begin the project before our kitchen goes in. Our kitchen fitter comes to have a look at the space and is extremely alarmed to see me building something in the space. He later tells me he thought I was building something for him to incorporate into the kitchen. "Out of scrap wood?!" I asked. I did move it outside eventually. Then I moved it into place and began stacking all the wood in it that I had collected. Only these last few weeks I finally build the roof for it. It is practically full now. We are going to get rid of our big compost and build another wood shed. We have compost collection and such a small yard there is no where to put nice new compost.

Foreign Objects in our Oregano

We are sitting at our dining room table eating lunch when Nigel who is gazing outside says, "what is that in our hanging basket?" I assume he is referring to the whole oregano pot I lopped on top of the hanging basket. "It's just the oregano", I answer. "No, there is something else in the plant", he insists until I finally look up to see a foreign object sticking out of the top. My mind quickly scans back to a few months ago as we watch a squirrel come into our yard with a small half of a piece of bread and bury it in our oregano plant. At the time, I thought I would leave it believing he would come back for it in the cold winter months. But what I was looking at out our window was a much bigger slice just sitting on top of the plant. I walked outside and saw the old piece was still buried and the small corner sticking up was growing a rich green fuzz. Great! So now my oregano is a squirrel bread box. Time to nip this in the butt!